Servant of the People (2015)

A high school history teacher's profane rant against government corruption is filmed by a student, goes viral, and turns him into president of Ukraine. The comedy comes from an honest man colliding with scheming oligarchs, systemic corruption and the trappings of office, and it is warmer and more hopeful than most satire here. It is impossible to watch now without thinking about its star: Volodymyr Zelenskyy plays the teacher, his production company Kvartal 95 made the show, and his real party took its name from it before he won the presidency in 2019 with over 73% of the vote. Three seasons aired on 1+1 from 2015 to 2019. This is the Ukrainian original, not the 2023 Polish remake.